OKX has filed with the SEC to launch tokenized-stock trading in the US, Bloomberg reported, aiming at buyers barred from its 70-plus ticker offshore line. The SEC's new exemption admits only tokens with dividends and votes, so the synthetic product it sells abroad would need rebuilding first.
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Ondo Finance launched three tokens that each hold a rebalanced basket of its tokenized stocks and ETFs, using strategies BlackRock designed. Using the tokens as DeFi collateral is so far only a possibility Ondo has named.
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SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said the agency did not intend to extend its Dec. 31 Treasury clearing deadline or the June 30, 2027 date for repos. Stablecoin issuers that sell or repo Treasuries to fund redemptions will pay for the change through their dealers.
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, head of the agency's Crypto Task Force, resigns Oct. 2, leaving Paul Atkins and Mark Uyeda as its only two commissioners. Neither her seat nor Caroline Crenshaw's has a nominee, so crypto policy now rests on two Republican votes.
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SEC proposals approved Wednesday would give registered investment advisors much more room to charge performance fees on capital gains in client accounts. Interval-fund changes and a credential route to accredited status widen what retail clients can buy, and the fee rule changes how advisors get paid for it.
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Hester Peirce exits the SEC on October 2, cutting it to two Republican commissioners with seven seats empty across the SEC and CFTC. Crypto Briefing warns that one recusal could then leave the commission short of a quorum on crypto and market rules.
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SEC rules proposed on September 16 would let issuers with a Form 10-K on EDGAR stop preparing and mailing a separate annual report with the proxy. Dropping a 20-business-day delivery deadline would also loosen merger calendars once final rules are adopted.
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BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain took 88.2% of tracked tokenized-stock volume in September to date, up from 2.3% in June. The surge coincided with a zero-maker-fee campaign on Binance and Robinhood's Stock Tokens launch, so the test comes when maker fees return.
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The order carves out a new category called a tokenized securities venue, caps how many symbols and how much volume it can trade, and requires public smart contracts while the Commission drafts permanent rules.
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Commissioner Mark Uyeda says the legal authority for a rule the SEC has run for eight decades was lacking, and his own statement allows that removing it could widen what shareholders may put to a vote.
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Participants at the SEC's 45th Small Business Forum voted to expand the accredited investor test and lift Reg CF from $5 million to $20 million. An October rulemaking is the test of intent.
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